After his concert in Bucharest in December 2011, Greek singer Demis Roussos will return to Romania for a national tour that will include four cities in 2012.

His Romanian tour will start at Sala Olimpia in Timisoara on April 1, 2012, followed by a performance at Sala Sporturilor in Iasi on April 3, and Sala Sporturilor in Sibiu on April 5. The Greek singer’s tour will end on April 7, with his last gig at Patinoarul Olimpic in Brasov.

Born in Alexandria, Egypt, Demis Roussos was part of the band “Aphrodite’s Child”, founded in 1968. After the band’s breakup, the singer, whose real name is Artemios Ventouris Roussos, continued to record with his former band colleague, Vangelis Papathanassiou. Demis Roussos solo career in the ‘70s, when he reached international fame with several successful albums and his long haired, bearded, be-kaftan-ed look. His single “Forever and Ever” ranked first in the charts in several countries in 1973. Other hits were “My Friend the Wind”, “My Reason”, “Velvet Mornings”, “Goodbye, My Love, Goodbye”, “Someday” and “Lovely Lady of Arcadia”. The singer sold enough albums to earn himself a spot in the Guinness Book of Records among other personalities from the ’70s and ’80s. More about the artist here.

Tickets can be purchased online at biletoo.ro, bilet.ro, blt.ro and myticket.ro from February 1, 2012, for prices between RON 50 and RON 250.

Irina Popescu, irina.popescu@romania-insider.com